by admin | Sep 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The doubters have come at Becky Hammon for as long as she can remember. They said the 5-foot-6 guard from Rapid City, South Dakota, was too short and too slow to be a Division I college basketball star. That she couldn’t play in the WNBA. She wouldn’t...
by admin | Sep 14, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA playoffs have practically been an infomercial for Becky Hammon’s brilliance as a head coach. She has the Aces one win away from their first WNBA championship going after Tuesday night’s blowout of the Connecticut Sun. Her in-game decisions have been flawless...
by admin | Sep 13, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In her first year as head coach of the Las Vegas Aces, Becky Hammon’s impact on the franchise has been undeniable. After spending eight seasons as an assistant under Gregg Popovich with the San Antonio Spurs, Hammon made the leap into head coaching on the WNBA...
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Generally, Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon is not a screamer. She will get her point across, for sure, but if she can do it in the measured, even vocal tones she’s known for, that’s what she prefers. But sometimes circumstances — in this case Game...
by admin | Sep 11, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Becky Hammon who, as coach of the year, is taking the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA finals. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to Russia who, even at the end of the WNBA season, is still holding Brittney Griner.
by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces are ridiculously stacked. Their superstar, A’ja Wilson, won her second WNBA MVP award this season, and also won Defensive Player of the Year while finishing third in the league in total points. Kelsey Plum is the all-time leading scorer in women’s...
by admin | Aug 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces’ Becky Hammon was named 2022 WNBA Coach of the Year, the league announced Friday, making her the first former WNBA player to win the award in her debut season as head coach. Hammon earned 27 of 56 votes from a panel of sports media members,...
by admin | Jun 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
A’ja Wilson had 24 points and 14 rebounds, Jackie Young scored 21 points and the Las Vegas Aces beat the Connecticut Sun 89-81 on Tuesday night in a battle of the top teams in each WNBA conference. Under head coach Becky Hammon, Las Vegas (9-1) won its seventh...
by admin | May 30, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Becky Hammon is quickly showing that she’s the type of head coach she promised she’d be: a damn good one. In just a few weeks at the helm, the former San Antonio Spurs assistant has lifted the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces from a top contender to the team to...
by admin | May 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Becky Hammon can say “they caught us on a night, really” with that proud smile all she wants. Those nights appear to be more frequent in Vegas where the Aces are on pace for history one-fifth of the way into their 2022 WNBA schedule. The Las Vegas...
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